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The kind of movie you watch as a child, get a confused boner from the gelfling girl, and then spend your entire 20s chasing autistic alt women with chopped bangs

(This is the first time I've seen this)

A testament to Sean Baker's collaborative approach to writing and how he's able to get the kind of performances he does.

Mikey Madison is one of the greats. Timothee Chalamet can suck a single nut.

"Ya know why this is my favorite tree? Because it's knocked over and still growing."

It is a great shame that I had not acquainted myself with Sean Baker's films earlier than this moment. He's like an American Mike Leigh with a feverish chaos that could only be American. But not in the Michael Bay way. In the tradition of Mike Leigh, Sean Baker captures a soft and often tragic glimpse into the lives of working class Americans from all walks of shitty life where the outrageous can be uncomfortably relatable.
The children trek through an otherworldly stretch of shopping centers marked by storefronts, or rather monuments, to tourism and consumerism and tchotchkes. 'The Big Orange Dome'. An enormous wizard that probably sells shitty hot sauce. A shuttered family clinic. This is a very depressing reality painted in vibrant neons. Throughout the film it feels like they could step through the doors of some Narnnian wardrobe and be whisked away to a magical land "where forks are made of candy". Somewhere that's not a town outside of Orlando, FL. All the while the specter of Disney looms in the background, the notorious ears on the horizon line, the constant buzzing of helicopters overhead. Only the Brazilian tourists who have booked the wrong hotel mention it verbatim. For everyone else the magic seems to be far away.
Willem Dafoe as the disgruntled but empathetic caretaker of the castle is phenomenal of course. Every performance feels natural, every little thing hits you in the heart. I'm too tired to write more. Still haven't watched Anora.

Uber is God

Watched on Monday January 27, 2025.

Odd.

Post-9/11 historical drama

Live and die by the earl grey.

Corpse jesus protects debaucherous socialites from small weinered flute demon and his army of skull cannons.

I wanna go on da big wocket ship but they told me I'm a bad baby.

Like something the daddy's boys in film school would shit out. Better than Sonic the Hedgehog.

Slept through like 20min. Woke up and felt like Leonard. Fully immersed.

Multiple cum jokes in a Disney movie.

Gotta go fast, wish it went faster.

Better to be king for a night, than schmuck for a lifetime.

Yeah it's alright I guess.

Short and not sweet. Brotherly love? and murder.

Typical United States elderly care. Nothing out of the ordinary here.

Better than my Film I project in college.

Sweet, colorful and heartfelt. Made me cry.

Three stars for the best written Ellen of any Nosferatu release. One star for the endless foreboding and dread. Extra star for that sweet stache on Orlok.

Yikes. Good movie. But yikes.